Harbor Springs golf captures D4 regional title, Boyne City volleyball tops EJ
HARBOR SPRINGS — The Harbor Springs girls’ golf team knew that if they played up to their potential Tuesday, a state finals run would be in hand.
After 18 holes at their hosted Division 4 regional tournament at Harbor Point Golf Club in Harbor Springs, the Rams are on their way.
As the lone team under 400 on the day, Harbor Springs picked up a D4 regional championship with a 383, moving them to the state finals.
“I’m very proud of my girls,” Harbor Springs coach Pete Kelbel said. “Three Rams in the top five was extra special. We have work to do to prepare for the state championship at Grand Valley State University, but fought hard until the end. We will be back at it tomorrow, right after school.”
The Rams won’t be the only team representing the area at the D4 finals, however, as East Jordan finished third to make their way and a pair of Charlevoix golfers qualified as individuals.
The top three teams in each event advance out of the regional round, along with the top three individuals not on one of the qualifying teams.
Behind Harbor, Traverse City St. Francis placed second with a 400, then East Jordan was third with a 430. Charlevoix then just missed the cut with a 447 as a team.
Charlevoix’s Sarah Pletcher and Avery Kita each qualified for the finals, shooting 103 and 105, respectively, along with Grayling’s Jessica Campbell, who shot 97.
The individual regional champion came as Grace Slocum of St. Francis, who shot even 80. Harbor Springs’ Taylore Wilson was then second with an 84.
Also for Harbor Springs, Natalie Mills shot 96, Lily Miller, 100; Charlotte Westbrook, 103; and Savanah Maki, 107.
For East Jordan, Sami Burks placed fifth overall with a 100 and was followed by Mailey Hamilton, 108; Hannah Fortune, 110; Olivia Maher, 112; and Lila Kelly, 113.
Along with Pletcher and Kita for Charlevoix, Merette Carson shot 108; Emma Meadows, 131; and Amelia Drenth, 133.
Playing in a hosted regional and on one of the fine courses in the area, Kelbel was thankful to all those at Harbor Point that made Tuesday happen.
“We are very grateful to the Harbor Point members and outstanding staff that made this the finest regional to date,” said Kelbel.
The Division 4 state championships will take place at The Meadows of Grand Valley State on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14-15.
CROSS COUNTRY
Harbor Springs hosted race
HARBOR SPRINGS — A host of area cross country programs converged on The Highlands of Harbor Springs Tuesday, with the host Rams taking the girls race.
Harbor Springs, Boyne City and Petoskey all took part, though the Northmen didn’t bring complete teams.
On the boys side, Traverse City Central just edged out Harbor Springs in a 33 to 37 advantage, then the Harbor Springs girls ran away with a 23 to 68 win over the Trojans.
Ava Maginity earned the win on the girls side in 19 minutes, 36.61 seconds, followed by Grace Thorpe (20:11) and Juniper Rodham (20:12), both of Harbor Springs.
Also within the top 10 were Lizzie Bassett, Harbor Springs (5th, 21:49); Fran Warren, Harbor Springs (6th, 21:52); Tara Shouldice, Harbor Springs (7th, 21:58); Delaney Little, Boyne City (8th, 22:13); and Veronica Paga, Petoskey St. Michael (10th, 22:31).
On the boys side, Cal Benjamin of Harbor Springs earned the victory in 16:38.38 and was followed by Petoskey’s Tommy Farley in second place in 17:42.
Harbor Springs’ Trevor Clarke was fourth in 17:57; Logan Kihnke, Harbor Springs (7th, 17:58); Zahar Rush, Petoskey (9th 18:13); and Henry Kruzel, Harbor Springs (10th, 18:18).
VOLLEYBALL
Boyne City 3, East Jordan 1
EAST JORDAN — The Boyne City volleyball team earned a four-set Lake Michigan Conference win on the road Tuesday, beating host East Jordan.
After the Red Devils came out swinging and earned a 25-18 win in the opening set, Boyne City picked things up, winning the next three sets by scores of 25-14, 25-21 and 25-21.
Morgan Deming finished with 21 kills, six aces, 18 digs and four blocks, Ava Tarsi had 27 assists, seven kills and seven digs, Elly Wilcox had seven kills and three blocks and Aubrey Burns had five kills, 10 digs and served at 100 percent.
Also for Boyne, Braylyn Rincon had 18 digs and was 11 of 12 on serve receptions and Brianna Ager had four aces, eight digs and was 7 of 9 on serve receptions.
Boyne City will next head to a Mancelona hosted invite on Saturday, Oct. 8.
This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Harbor Springs golf captures D4 regional title, Boyne City volleyball tops EJ
